X-Men: Evolution: The Mystery of the Keyblade Season 1

by Spiderfan626

When a strange boy, suddenly appears in the school for gifted youngsters with no memory of his past. The X-Men allow him to stay with them. His life couldn't get any better. He was beginning freshmen of high school. He has the best of friends looking after him. And he mets the most beautiful girl at school. However, that all changes when Sora is chosen by the Keyblade...

7. Chapter 6: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

I don't own Kingdom Hearts or X-Men Evolution. They belong to Disney, Square Enix, and Cartoon Network. Okay, this one was fun to write so I hope you all enjoy. Now before we begin, let's do some reviews.

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Chapter 6: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Sora sat in his English writing class, as he listen to his current teacher, "Alright everyone. Today's assignment you will be assigned a partner to write a story of your very own." Every cheered at the idea of doing an assignment with a partner. The teacher finished, "Which I will assign who you partner up with."

Everyone groaned by the update. Sora turned to Kairi and he whispered to himself, "Please partner me up with Kairi! Please partner me with Kairi!" He then began assigning partners, "Let's see Riku and Kurt. Kairi and Kitty..." Sora frowned guess he wouldn't be working with Kairi. He then smiled at thought positively, "Oh well, maybe my partner will be one of my other friends or be a friend in the making as the teacher assigned, "...and Sora and Rogue."

Rogue groaned as Sora smiled and waved to her, "Figures..." The teacher finished as the bell rang, "I expected your rough drafts by next week."

Rogue picked up her stuff and prepared to leave as Sora walked up to her, "Hey, I never got a chance to thank you for helping us save Jean."

"Don't mention it." Rogue replied. Sora asked as they walked out the classroom, "So, what do you want to write about? What kind of stories are you into?"

"The exact opposite of stories you're probably interested to. Dark with plot twists and sometimes even sad endings stories." Rogue replied. Sora nodded, "Okay, I'm into action adventure stories that have happy endings myself. But that's okay, I'm confidant that we can work together to write a story that satisfies us both, new partner."

"Peachy." Rogue rolled her eyes. Soon the hallways were empty when Sora's Keyblade was summoned suddenly. Rogue glared at him, "Will you put that thing away before someone sees." Sora replied, "I'm not doing this." He then remembered a similar experience, when he first met the Guardians of the Galaxy. Light swirled around his Keyblade until the light was so bright it blinded the both of them. After huge flash of light, they disappeared.

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When the light show ended, they noticed they weren't at there school anymore. Rogue looked around, "What the... Where did you take us?!" Sora raised his hands up, "I didn't take us anywhere. Look this happened before. My Keyblade can take me to other worlds and other people apparently. I have no control over it."

"Well, then take us back!" Rogue demanded as she removed her glove, "Or I will!" Sora replied, "I can't! Look at what happened last time, the only way I could get home by sealing this world's Keyhole."

"Keyhole?! What's so special about a Keyhole?!" Rogue demanded. Sora explained at what the Guardians told him as he first joined to other worlds. Rogue didn't buy it at first but then everything fell into place and she said, "Fine. Let's find this Keyhole and get it over with."

Sora nodded as he heard cheering in the crowd ahead. Sora asked, "Do you hear that?" Rogue nodded, "Yeah, there must be some kind of celebration." Sora beamed, "Awesome! Let's check it out!" Sora ran towards the crowds of people, "Hey, wait up!" Rogue ran after him. The heard the people sing, "Come one, come all! Leave your loops and milking stools...Coop the hens and pen the mules…" Sora made his way to the front of the crowd as the people sang, Come one, come all! Close the churches and the schools...It's the day for breaking rules...Come and join the feast... of..."

"Fools!" A man in a mask sang before laughing. Rogue finally made her way through the crowd, "What the heck was that?! What happened to finding this Keyhole?!" Sora smiled sheepishly, "Sora, guess I got a little excited."

"No, really?" Rogue replied sarcastically, "What so special about today anyways?!" Sora shrugged, "Don't know. Some kind of Feast of Fools. I'll ask." He turned to the masked man, "Excuses me, sir? We're new in town, and we liked to know what's the big celebration about." The man smirked, "I'm glad you asked my boy. And Clopin will answer...in song!"

"Please don't." Rogue muttered. Too late as Clopin sang, "Once a year we throw a party here in town...Once a year we turn all Paris upside down...Every man's a king and every king's a clown...Once again it's topsy turvy day..." Clopin somehow popped between the two of them, shocking them both, "It's the day the devil in us gets released... It's the day we mock the prig and shock the priest...Everything is topsy turvy at the feast of fools..."

Sora smiled while Rogue glared at him as Clopin went back to the crowed as the witness some pretty odd things, like dogs walking their owners. The people sang, Topsy turvy!" Clopin sang as he dance with another man who tried to head back for the crowd, "Everything is upsy daisy!"

"Topsy turvy!" The crowed as once more. Clopin sang as the other man tried to hide in a small tent, "Everyone is acting crazy..." The man comes out with man woman dancing along with Clopin into another small tent, much to Sora's and Rogue's amazement, "Dross is gold and weeds are a bouquet...That's the way on topsy turvy day!"

The other man finally got free of the dancing and fell into another tent. Sora turned to Rogue, "Pretty cool so far." Rogue shrugged with a hit of a smile, "It's...entertaining I guess." She then remembered, "But we really should find a way back home. We'll get lucky if we only get detention for being late."

"Relax. The last time I did this I was gone no longer for five minutes despite being there for days. We won't get in trouble." Sora explained as Rogue gave him an odd look, "Yeah, I know. It doesn't make any sense but on the bright side, we could get our story for this. I mean what better way to get a story than writing the events of another world." Rogue thought of it for a moment before thinking, "That's...not a bad idea." She removed her backpack and got out a notebook and a pencil. Rogue nodded, "We'll kill two birds with one stone."

"What does killing two birds with a stone have anything to do with this?" Sora wondered. As Rogue groaned, "Never mind just start taking down notes." Sora nodded as he pulled out his own pencil and notebook. The man came or of the tent as a woman complimented, "By the way, great mask."

The man smiled as he joined the crowd next to Sora and Rogue. The three watched as the people continued to sing, "Topsy Truvy!"

"Beat the drums and blow the trumpets!" Clopin sang. As everyone else sang, "Topsy turvy!" Clopin sang as they noticed a higher power entered the area, Judge Frollo, as the Clopin sang, "Join the bums and thieves and strumpets...Streaming in from Chartres to Calais...Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy, on the sixth of January, all because it's topsy turvy day."

Sora noticed the man got a little uncomfortable since Frollo came in. He asked him, "Are you okay?" The man turned to him with his hood still up, "Huh? Oh, I-I'm fine..." Sora turned to the Frollo, "Who's that man over there?"

"He's my mas... I mean he's Jugde Frollo. He's very kind. He protects the city from gypsies." He explained. This also got Rogue interested, "What are gypsies?" The man replied, "I'm...not so sure myself...I'm kinda new here. I just wanted to see the Feast of Fools."

"Hey, us too! Well, I hope you have a good time here!" Sora beamed. He nodded, "Oh, yes, thank you. You too." They turned their attention, when Clopin sang once more, "Come one, come all! Hurry, hurry here's your chance... See the mystery and romance... Come one, come all! See the finest girl in France... Make an entrance to entrance... Dance la Esmeralda... Dance!"

On the last word, Clopin disappears in a puff of smoke, and the girl from earlier appears in his place. She proceeds to perform a sultry dance. Frollo turned to the Captian of the guard, "Look at that disgusting display."

"Yes, sir!" He replied enthusiastically. She continues to dance. She pulls out a handkerchief and wraps it around Frollo's head playfully, using it to pull him closer. She moves in to kiss him, but jumps away at the last moment. Frollo yanks the handkerchief off his head. She then finished her dance. Everyone cheered for her and began to toss coins to her while Sora, Rogue, and the hooded man just clapped. Sora commented, "She's a good dancer."

"Yes, she is." The man replied. Clopin announced, "And now, ladies and gentlemen, the piece de resistance!" He sang, "Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for... Here it is, you know exactly what's in store... Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore... Now's the time we crown the King of Fools!" He then asked, "You all remember last year's king!?"

Last year's king, carried on the shoulders of the crowd, belched loudly. Rogue looked away, "Ew..." Sora nodded, "He's gonna be tough to beat." Clopin then sang, "So make a face that's horrible and frightening...Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing...For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools! Why?!"

"Topsy turvy!" Everyone sang in response. Clopin sang, "Ugly folks, forget your shyness!" Everyone sang, "Topsy turvy!" Clopin continued, "You could soon be called Your Highness"

"Put your foulest features on display...Be the king of topsy turvy day..." Both Clopin and the crowd sang. Clopin had been pulling contestants onto the stage. The dancing girl pulls hooded man on to the stage, but as he came up his cloak came off, giving Sora and Rogue a good look at the man's face. Sora turned to Rogue, "Wow, that's quite a mask."

"Yeah, it looks so real." She agreed. The dancing girl works her way down the line, ripping off masks and revealing the ugly faces underneath. The crowd booed them and a goat knocked them off stage into the mud. The festivities continue until Esmeralda reaches the man from earlier. She tries to pull his mask off, but gasped as she soon realized that it's not a mask. Sora and Rogue also gasped. They could here people talking about him, "That's no mask!"

"It's his face!"

"He's hideous!"

"It's the bell ringer from Notre Dame!" Sora whispered to Rogue, "You think he's a mutant?" She replied, "He might be."

The man realizing that people are disgusted by him, is devastated. Frollo realizes that the who the man standing on stage was . Clopin, trying to keep things festive, jumps in, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't panic. We asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and here he is! Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame!" Upon hearing Clopin, the crowd once again grows festive, and Clopin crowns Quasimodo the King of Fools, "Everybody!"

"Once a year we throw a party here in town..." Everyone sang as the caried the deformed man. Clopin sang, "Hail to the king!"

"Once a year we turn all Paris upside down..." Everyone sang. Clopin sang in the background, "Oh, what a king!"

"Once a year the ugliest will wear a crown..." Everyone sang as Clopin sang, "Girls, give a kiss!" As the girls closest to him did so causing him to blush, "Once a year on topsy turvy day..."

"We've never had a king like this..." Clopin sang as he join in the crowd to sing, "And it's the day we do the things that we deplore...On the other three hundred and sixty-four...

"Once a year we love to drop in...Where the beer is never stoppin'..." They dropped Qusimodo on a different stage as Clopin handed him a scepter as other placed a royal cape on him, "For the chance to pop some popinjay...And pick a king who'll put the top...In Topsy Turvy Day!"

"Topsy turvy! Mad and crazy, upsy daisy, Topsy Turvy Day!" They finished their song. From above, the Gargoyles whoop and cheer, while down on the ground, Frollo glared at Qusimodo while the crowd chanted his name. Sora and Rogue now in the back of the crowd, he smiled, "Wow, good for him."

"Yeah, for a second I was worried something was going to go horrible wrong." Rogue nodded. For behind him one of the guards stated, "You think he's ugly now? Watch this!"

He throws a tomato at Quasi, hitting him square in the face. The crowd quickly goes quiet. The guard laughed, "Now that's ugly!" Rogue frowned finished, "Like that..."

"Hail to the king!" Another guard exclaimed mockingly as he threw another tomato. Soon, Quasi is being pelted with produce of all kinds. Shouts come from all directions. Quasi is soon lassoed and tied down on a rotating platform. He is spun around, as onlookers continue their torment. He saw Frollo watching and shouts for help, "Master! Master, please! Help me!"

"We've got to do something!" Sora whispered loudly to Rogue. She nodded, no deserved to be treated like that, "You find someone incharge of this event! I'll try to as the guard to pitch in!" Sora nodded as the rushed off. Rogue ran to guard in golden armor, "Hey, y'all gonna do something to help?!" The guard turned to Frollo, "Sir, request permission to stop this cruelty."

"In just a moment, Captain. A lesson needs to be learned here." Frollo replied. Rogue angered glared at Frollo, "What lesson?! That man needs help now!"

"I don't need to speak to you, gypsy." Frollo glared at the girl. Rogue glared back at him. Meanwhile, Sora managed to find the dancer and her goat from earlier, "Excuss me, is this supposed to happen?!" She turned to see what Sora was talking about, and her eyes widened in horror. She then made her way to Qusimodo as the crowd gasp and silenced much to Frollo, the Captain, and Rogue's surprise. No one tried to stop her as they moved out of her way, She knelt next to Quasimodo, and washed his face, "Don't be afraid. I'm sorry. This wasn't supposed to happen."

This made Frollo angry, "You! Gypsy girl! Get down at once!" She turned to him, "Yes, your honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature." He replied, "I forbid it." Sora managed to swipe a knife from a solider and handed it to the gypsy. She then used it to cut the ropes and freed Quasimodo. Frollo glared at them, "How dare you defy me!"

"You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help." She told Frollo. He demanded, "Silence!"

"Justice!" She called out. Frollo glared, "Mark my words, gypsy. You will pay for this insolence."

"Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool. The only fool I see is you!" She then tossed the crown at Frollo. This made him even angrier, he told the Captain, "Captain Phoebus! Arrest her along with anyone who tries to stop you." Phoebus motions for his guards to move in and arrest Esmeralda. They began to surround the stage.

"Now, let's see." Esmerelda began to count the guards, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten of you, and one of me. What's a poor girl to do?"

She pulled out a handkerchief and began to cry, but she blew her noise, she disappeared in an explosion of smoke, surprising Sora. Frollo's eyes widened in horror, "Witchcraft!"

"Oh, boys! Over here!" Her voice called out from a different location with her goat by her side. The guards began to pursue her, but when they didn't expect it. Sora punched an guard out, stole his sword, and began to duel with some of the guards. The girl lead the other guards on a wild chase. At one point, she knocks a large cage containing an old prisoner to the ground. It goes rolling away, until it comes to a stop and the lock breaks open. He stepped out, "I'm free! I'm free!"

He trips and falls into the stockade, which closes and locks, "Dang it." Sora knocked out on of the guards and when no one was looking Rogue removed her glove and lightly touched him absorbing some of his fighting skills. She then picked up the fallen sword and joined the fight. Meanwhile, The gypsy continued to evade the guards. At one point, she and her goat jumped on top of the crowd, which carries them away to safety. Two guards attempt the same move, and the crowd quickly moves away causing them to fall. She grabs a helmet from one of the guards, and threw it like a frisbee at the guards that went after Sora and Rogue. It hits three guards and knocks them out, before almost chopping Phoebus' head off. He beamed, "What a woman!"

Sora gave her a thumbs up before Rogue and him ran up to join her. Two guards on horseback are chasing the four of them. She told them, "Follow me, I have an idea how to lose them." They nodded and followed her. They leaped over Frollo's stand, someone throws the guards a staff. Each holding onto an end, the horizontal staff slices through Frollo's stand, sending him diving for cover. The four ascends to the top of a stand, and the gypsy helps them promptly disappears. Frollo ordered, "Find them, Captain! I want them alive!"

"Yes, sir. Seal off the area, men. Find the gypsys, and do not harm them!" Captain Phoebus told the other guards. Frollo has ridden over to Quasimodo. He hanged his head low. He whispered, "I'm sorry, master. I will never disobey you again."

He moves to the entrance to the cathedral as the rain begins to fall. He goes in, then slowly closes the door to his freedom. Dissolve forward in time to Phoebus and the guards searching for Esmeralda. She is disguised, again with her goat as the old man as Sora and Rogue followed quietly also in disguise. They sneaked into the church. Phoebus sees her and recognized who they were. He follows them in alone. Once inside, they removed their disguises, they gypsy smiled, "Thanks for the assist and I'm sorry for getting you two involved with all this. I'm Esmeralda and this is Djali."

"I'm Sora and this is Rogue. And it's no problem. I'm just glad we were able to help that guy." Sora smiled. Rogue frowned, "What is that Frollo guy's problem anyway?" Esmerelda explained, "Judge Frollo has been hunting us for years. We gypsies are guilty of nothing but loving our freedom, yet Frollo hates whatever he can't control. He can see sin within everybody but himself. Now he's even brought in fresh blood to torment us."

"Then it's a good thing we didn't show of our abilities, who knows what he'll think of mutants." Sora replied as Rogue nodded. Esmerdla asked, "Mutants?" Rogue's eyes narrowed at the entrance, "We'll explain later. I think we have company. Esmerdla turned to glare at Phoebus, "You!"

She forces him to the floor, holding him there with the tip of his sword at his chin. He raised his hands in surrender, " Easy, easy... I just shaved this morning." Esmerdla replied and she pointed the sword closer, "Oh, really? You missed a spot."

"All right, all right. Just calm down. Just give me a chance to apologized." He nodded. Esmerdla asked, "For what?" As she lets down her guard for a split second, Phoebus grabs the sword from her hands and turns it on her, "That, for example."

"You sneaky son of a..." Esmerdla began before Phoebus smirked, "Ah, ah, ah! Watch it-you're in a church." She has picked up a staff with candles on top, "Are you always this charming, or am I just lucky?" She swings the staff at Phoebus, who blocks it with his sword. They fight as Sora and Rogue stared at eachother. Sora asked, "Should we help her?"

"Nah, she's got this." Rogue replied as she took notes, "Besides, this is a good of a story as any." Between Esmeralda's swings, Pheobus stated, "Candlelight...privacy... music. Can't think of a better place for hand-to-hand combat! You fight almost as well as a man!"

"Funny. I was going to say the same thing about you." She glared. Sora complained, "Hey!" Rogue replied, "I don't she was referring to you." Phoebus frowned, "That's hitting a little below the belt, don't you think?"

"No. This is." She swung one end of the staff at Phoebus' crotch. He blocks it with his sword. She quickly hits him in the face with the other end of the staff. He shakes it off, "Touché!"

Djali butts him in the chest. He winced, "I didn't know you had a kid." She replied as they glared at him, "Well, he doesn't take kindly to soldiers." He replied, "Eh, I noticed. Permit me. I'm Phoebus. It means "sun god." And you are?"

"Is this an interrogation?" She asked as they put their weapons away. He answered, "It's called an introduction." Rogue asked, "You're not arresting me?

"Not as long as we're in here. We can't." Sora replied. Pheobus nodded, "He's right." Esmeralda stated, "You're not at all like the other soldiers."

"Thank you." He smiled. Esmeralda asked, "So, if you're not going to arrest us, what do you want?" He replied, "I'd settle for your names."

"Esmeralda." She introduced. Sora joined in, "I'm Sora." Rogue nodded, "Rogue."

"Your name's beautiful. Much better than Phoebus, anyway." Pheobus complemented. As they gaze into each other's eyes, neither notices Frollo and guards approaching. Sora and Rogue got there attention, "Frollo's here."

"Good work, Captain! Now, arrest them." Frollo ordered. Phoebus still had his back to Frollo so he whispered to them, "Claim sanctuary." They stared at him, he pleaded, "Say it."

"You tricked us." Esmeralda stated as Frollo was beginning to get lose patience, "I'm waiting, Captain." Sora decided to do as he said and said, "I calm Sanctuary."

"I'm sorry, sir. They claims sanctuary. There's nothing I can do." He replied must to his relief. Frollo's eyes narrowed, "Then drag them outside at..." The archdeacon then entered the room, "Frollo! You will not touch her!" He reassured them, "Don't worry. Minister Frollo learned years ago to respect the sanctity of the church."

Frollo growled as he and the guards turn to leave. Frollo ducks around a pillar and doubles back. Djali rammed into Phoebus on the way out. As the remainder of the people had passed, Frollo jumps out, grabs Esmeralda's arm and twists it behind her before Sora or Rogue could react. He whispered into her ear, "You think you and your friends have outwitted me, but I am a patient man, and gypsies don't do well inside stone walls."

He pauses, then breathes deeply, smelling Esmeralda's hair, disturbing the others. She demanded, "What are you doing?" He replied as he caressed her neck, "I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck." As she pulled away Rogue glared at him, "We know exactly what you were imagining."

"Even I know what you where thinking, and I wish I didn't right now." Sora replied as this grossed him out. He replied, "Such a clever witch. So typical of your kind, to twist the truth to cloud the mind with unholy thoughts. Well, no matter. You've chosen a magnificent prison, but it is a prison nonetheless. Set one foot outside, and you're mine!"

He exits, pulling the door shut behind him. She rushes over to another door, only to find guards outside. She heard them say, "Frollo's orders! Post a guard at every door." She slams it shut. Djali walked back to her, "One thing, Djali... if Frollo thinks he can keep us here, he's wrong."

"Don't act rashly, child. You and these other children created quite a stir at the festival. It would be unwise to arouse Frollo's anger further." The Archdeacon. Esmeralda replied, "You saw what he did out there, letting the crowd torture that poor boy. I thought if just one person could stand up to him, then..." She signed, "What do they have against people who are different, anyway?"

"You can't right all the wrongs in this world by yourself. Especially since the Keyblade wielders vanished." The Archdeacon told them. Sora raised an eyebrow, "Keyblade wielders?"

"They were the guardians of light. They defended the innocent from darkness made real. But years have passed and the Keyblade Masters have been long extinct. Frollo never like them and would do anything to make sure they never come back." He explained. Sora stood in silence while Rogue stood their also curious. They made a mental note not to use the Keyblade unless absolutely necessary. Esmerelda signed, "No one out there's going to help, that's for sure."

"Perhaps there's someone in here who can." He gracefully motions towards the inside of the church, then exits. Esmeralda moves into the church as she sang, "I don't know if You can hear me...Or if You're even there..."

"I don't know if You would listen... To a gypsy's prayer..." Esmerelda continued, "They say I'm just an outcast... I shouldn't speak to You... Still I see Your face and wonder... Were You once an outcast too?"

"What's up with all the singing?" Rogue wondered. Sora shushed her as he went to pray himself. She shrugged as Esmerelda sang, "God help the outcasts... Hungry from birth... Show them the mercy... They don't find on earth..."

"God help my people... We look to You still..." The gypsy sang, "God help the outcasts... Where nobody will..."

"I ask for wealth..." Other people of the church sang, "I ask for fame...I ask for glory to shine on my name... I ask for love... I can possess..."

I ask for God and His angels to bless me..." The Christians sang. Jean continued, "I ask for nothing...I can get by... But I know so many... Less lucky than I..."

"Please help the my people...The poor and downtrod..." Esmerelda finished, "I thought we all were...Children of God..." She finishes her song in the center of the light from the window. Meanwhile, a parishioner has spotted Quasimodo listening in, "You! Bell ringer! What are you doing down here!?"

Startled, he jumped and knocked over a candlestaff. The man continued to shout, "Haven't you caused enough trouble already?" Esmerelda told the others, "Quickly, we need to see if he's alright." She ran after him as Sora and Rogue followed her. She called out, "Wait! We want to talk to you." Quasi comes out the top of the staircase, followed by Esmeralda, Sora, Rogue, and Djali. When they finally caught up to him, "Here you are. I was afraid we'd lost you.

"Yes. Um, well, I uh, I have chores to do. It was, uh, nice...seeing...you...again. Ohh..." Quasimodo told them nervously as he climbed up the ladder, "No, wait!"

Djali is examining a gargoyle. He briefly comes to life, makes kissing faces at Djali, then goes back to stone. Djali is confused.

As the four followed him, Esmerelda apologized, "I'm really sorry about this afternoon. I had no idea who you were. I would never in my life had...pulled...you...up on the...stage." She slows down as she reaches Quasimodo's room, with its dangling glass mobile and model of the city. As Rogue and Sora joined her, and saw what see saw they stared in awe. Sora exclaimed, "Whoa!"

"What is this place?" Rogue asked. Quasimodo answered, "This is where I live."

"Did you make all these things yourself?" Esmerelda asked. He nodded, "Most of them." She fingers the mobile, "This is beautiful. If I could do this, you wouldn't find me dancing in the streets for coins."

"But you're a wonderful dancer." Quasimodo complemented. She replied, "Well, it keeps bread on the table, anyway." She then noticed something covered on the model, "What's this?"

"Oh, no, please oh, I'm not finished... I still have to paint them..." Qusimodo said as she removed the cover. They were still impressed none the less. Esmerelda recognized them, "The blacksmith, and the baker. You're a surprising person, Quasimodo."

"Not to mention lucky. All this room to yourself." Rogue stated. Quasimodo replied, "Well, it's not just me... there's the gargoyles, and of course the bells. Would you like to see them?"

"Yes, of course. Wouldn't we, Djali?" Djali, who has been munching on an unpainted figure, slurps it into his mouth, while Sora and Rogue just nodded. Quasimodo told them, "Follow me. I'll introduce you.

Up in the bell tower, Esmeralda went ahead, "Never knew there were so many." He sung around on the ropes as he introduced the bells, "That's Little Sophia, and...Jean Marie, Ann Marie, and Louise Marie. Triplets, you know."

"And who's this?" Esmerelda asked as she gestured to bell next to her. He landed next to her, "Big Marie."

"Hello-o-o!" She said inside the bell as she heard the echo. "She likes you." Said Quasimodo, "Would you like to see more?"

"How 'bout it, Djali?" She asked the goat. Djali, under Big Marie, belches loudly, which in turn echoes and resonates richly. Sora and Rogue chuckled beside the gargoyles as Esmerelda answered, "We'd love to."

"Good. I've saved the best for last!" He said excitedly. The two teenagers smiled. "Looks like Quasi's gonna be just fine." Sora said to Rogue. The gargoyles behind them came to life, "Indisputably."

"He's tough." Said the shorter one. the female gargoyle stated, "We may be hard as stone, but Quasi's stronger." Sora nodded to them without realizing who they were talking, "I know... WOAH!"

"What the?! Talking gargoyles?!" Rogue exclaimed. The female gargoyle explained, "Excuses us for havin' personality!" Sora apologized, "Sorry, we're kinda new here."

"We figured." The tall gargoyle explained. The shorter one explained, "We saw the light show when Quaismodo began to leave for the Feast of Fools."

"I'm Laverne. This is Victor and Hugo." They nodded as Laverne introduced them, "We usually don't talk to others except for Quasi but we agreed to make an exception for you children."

They nodded as they watched, Quasi and Esmeralda proceed outside to a beautiful view of Paris. Esmerelda stared in amazement, "I bet the king himself doesn't have a view like this! I could stay up here forever." He said, "You could, you know."

"No, I couldn't." She frowned. He pointed out, "Oh, yes, you have sanctuary!" She replied, "But not freedom. Gypsies don't do well inside stone walls." He told her, "But you're not like other gypsies. They're...evil."

"Who told you that?" She asked. Quasimodo answered, "My master, Frollo. He raised me." She was shocked, "How could such a cruel man have raised someone like you?"

"Cruel?! Oh, no. He saved my life. He took me in when no one else would. I am a monster, you know." He replied. Esmeralda assumed, "He told you that?"

"Look at me." He replied. Esmerelda realized Frollo never once show him true kindness so she decided to do something about that, "Give me your hand." She took his hand and looked at his palm. He asked, "Why?"

"Just let me see." She said as she began tracing his palm lines with her finger, "Hmm, a long life line...oh, and this one means you're shy. Hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm...well, that's funny..."

"What?!" He asked. Esmerelda replied, "I don't see any." He asked again, "Any what?"

"Monster lines. Not a single one." He smiled at this. She then asked, "Now you look at me. Do you think I'm evil?" He quickly shook his head, "No, no, no! You are kind, and good, and..."

"...and a gypsy. And maybe Frollo's wrong about the both of us." She told him. Below Sora, Rogue, and the Gargoyles listened in on their conversation. Hugo asked, "What did she say?!"

"I think she said Frollo's nose is long, and he wears a dress." Sora replied. Hugo beamed as he turned to Victor, "Hah! Told ya! Pay up!"

Victor frowned as he handed him a gold coin, making Rogue laugh again. As Sora and Rogue joined up with them, as they did they heard Quasimodo say, "You helped me. Now I will help you."

"But there's no way out. There's soldiers at every door." Esmerelda pointed out. He smiled, "We won't use a door."

"You mean...climb down?" Esmerelda asked. He nodded, "Sure. You carry him..." motions to Djali, "I carry you." Sora then spoke up, "And we'll keep an eye out in case anyone gets suspicious."

"We will? Why not escape with her?" Rogue asked. Sora whispered, "Because there's a chance that the Keyhole could be here. Besides, Quasi looks like he needs more friends."

She nodded as they turned to them, "Ready when you guys are." They nodded as Quasimodo climbed Esmerelda and her goat down. As they watched as they climbed down, the gargoyles joined them. Sora then turned to the gargoyles, "So how come you and Quasimodo are so close?"

"We've been friends for years." Laverne answered. Victor added, "More than a decade of camaraderie."

"Breakfast, lunch, and dinner!" Said Victor. Rogue asked, "He never leaves?"

"Oh, he's not allowed to leave. Judge Frollo forbids it." Laverne explained. Sora wondered, "Why?"

"Care to pull up a stool?" Victor told them. Hugo simply explained, "The short version is, Frollo thinks he's doing Quasi a favor by keeping folks from seeing that mug of his."

"After a lifetime of watching from the nosebleed seats, Quasi just wanted to go to the Feast of Fools. And we're so proud of him for finally working up the courage to do it." Laverne smiled.

The tall one signed, "'Tis a shame everyone there dashed his hopes. There the real monsters for treated our friend that way in my opion." Hugo smirked,"You should talk. When did you last look in a mirror?"

"Well you broke it!" He accused causing the two to glare at eachother. Hugo raised his fists, "Oh, a wise guy, eh?"

"Knock it off! Ya couple of blockheads!" Laverne told them. She then frowned, "I just hope this one failure doesn't cause Quasi to give up. He was so close."

"He can't let his heart be a prison." Sora agreed. Rogue spoke up, "Uh-oh!" Everyone stared out to see the tile Quasimodo and Esmerelda were on breaks free and they begin to slide down the roof as if they were on a sled. They're able to jump off their sled just before it goes sailing off into the air. It lands a few blocks away. The guards on the ground hear the crash and go off to investigate. They signed in relief, Sora stated, "That was close."

A few minutes later they heard footsteps coming up. The gargoyles quickly went still as Sora and Rogue turned to see who it was. It was Captain Phoebus, "Hey, there. Sora and Rogue was it?"

"What do you want, tin man?!" Rogue glared at him. He raised his hands in surrender, "Easy, I'm not looking for any short of fight. I just want to apologize for trapping you and Esmerelda in here. It was the only way I could think of saving you all from Frollo."

Rogue tried to argue but Sora stopped her and told him, "It's fine. You did all you could to help but if you want to talk to Esmerelda then you gonna want to talk to Quasimodo first. She's hanging out with him now." He nodded, "Thanks. Where can I find him?"

Just then they heard Quasimodo climbing back up. Phoebus turned to him as he reached them, "Hi there. I'm looking for the gypsy girl. Have you seen her?"

Quasimodo gets very angry at the sight of a guard. He takes a swing at him. Phoebus walked backwords avoiding his swings, "Whoa, whoa! Easy!"

"No soldiers! Sanctuary! Get out!" Quasi told him. The captain tried to explain, "Wait! All I wanted was to…"

"Go!" He told him as he continued his attack. He tried to reassure him, "I mean her no harm!"

"Go!" Quasi grabs a torch and begins swinging it at Phoebus. Phoebus backed off, but Quasi continues to swing. Backed down the stairs, Phoebus finally draws his sword and swings, pinning the torch against the wall. Quasimodo has grabbed Phoebus by the chest. He asked him, "You tell her from me, I didn't mean to trap her here, but it was the only way to save her life. Will you tell her that? Will you?"

"If you go. Now!" He replied after a minute. He replied, "I'll go. Now, will you put me down, please?" Quasi had been holding Phoebus several feet off the ground. Quasi sets Phoebus down. Phoebus turned to leave, then turns to say something, 'Oh, And one more thing. Tell Esmeralda she's very lucky."

"Why?" He asked. Phoebus answered as he left, "To have a friend like you." Quasi was puzzled by this but returned to his room and the others"

"Hey, hey! There he is!" Victor clapped along with the others. Victor added, "You ejected that tin-plated baboon with great panache!"

"The nerve of him! Snooping around here trying to steal your girl." Sora added. Quasimodo blushed, "My girl?"

"Esmeralda. Dark hair, works with a goat. Remember?" Laverne asked. Hugo smirked, "Boy, I do! Way to go, loverboy!"

"Loverboy!? Oh, no, no..." He blushed harder. Laverne told him, "Oh, don't be so modest."

"Look. I appreciate what you're all trying to do, but let's not fool ourselves. Ugliest face in all Paris, remember? I don't think I'm her type." He told them. Sora asked, "Why not? Everybody needs someone special in there life. No matter how different."

"Really? Even a face like this?" Quasimodo asked. Sora nodded, "Sure, I have tons friends in a similar situation like you are."

"Really? Name one." Quasimodo replied. Sora smiled, "Well, there's Kurt, he might look like demon but he's actually a strong Christian, who can teleport to away he sees. Scott has to wear visors because he can blast anything he sees just by staring at them. Both Jean and the Professor can read minds and hear the thoughts of everyone around them." Rogue joined in, "And I…well, whomever I touch I can absorb their memories, powers, skills, and even life just by touching them."

"Wow, and I thought I was the only one who had it rough." Quaimodo commented. Hugo nodded, "Sounds like you guys have a whole school just for you guys."

"We do, and we believe one day people will accept us for who we are without fear." Sora explained. Rogue frowned and signed. Sora turned to her, "And I'm certain there's someone special for everyone. Even you Rogue."

She smiled… this boy wasn't so bad after all. Sure, his friends might have attacked her one time but he defended her every chance he got. Laverne smirked, "Sounds like you have someone special back home too."

This caused Sora to blush and the others laugh. Quasi signed as he sang, "So many times out there…I've watched a happy pair of lovers walking in the night…" Hugo signed as he leaned on Larvene who punched him in returned. Quasimodo sang as he looked at the couples below him, "They had a kind of glow around them… It almost looked like heaven's light…"

"I knew I'd never know that warm and loving glow… Though I might wish with all my might…" He continued, "No face as hideous as my face… Was ever meant for heaven's light…" Sora then handed him some word for him to work on, "But suddenly an angel has smiled at me… And kissed my cheek without a trace of fright…"

At the same time, Sora, Rogue and the gargoyles began drawing their versions of Esmerlda for Quasimodo, "I dare to dream that she might even care for me…" As they showed off their drawings of her, Quasimodo finished his model of her. When it came to Hugo and Sora, the short gargoyle drew the goat inside and Sora unintentionally drew Kairi inside. Hugo wicked at Sora as he hid his drawing causing him to blush. Quasimodo sang, "And as I ring these bells tonight…"

"My cold dark tower seems so bright… I swear it must be Heaven's light" Quasi sang as he rang the bells.

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Meanwhile, Frollo watch from the outdoors of his room as the Archdeacon and others following sing in Latin, "Confiteor deo omnipotenti… Beatae Mariae semper virgini… Beato Michaeli archangel…Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis…" He began to sing as he prayed by the fire, "Beata Maria, you know I am a righteous man….Of my virtue I am justly proud…"

"Et tibit Pater…"

"Beata Maria, you know I'm so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd…" Frollo sang.

"Quia peccavi nimis"

"Then tell me, Maria, why I see her dancing there?" He asked, "Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul!"

"Cogitatione"

"I feel her, I see her, the sun caught in her raven hair….Is blazing in me out of all control…" He sang as darkness sprouted from him.

"Verbo et opere"

"Like fire… Hellfire…This fire in my skin…" He sang as he pulled out Esmeredla's handkerchief, "This burning desire…Is turning me to sin…"

Just then, he was surrounded by hooded men. He sang, "It's not my fault!"

"Mea culpa"

"I'm not to blame!" He refused to believe.

"Mea culpa"

"It is the gypsy girl, the witch, who sent this flame!" He sang.

"Mea maxima culpa"

"It's not my fault!" He sang once more.

"Mea culpa"

"If in God's plan…" He sang.

"Mea culpa!"

"…He made the devil so much stronger than a man!" He sang as darkness surrounded him.

"Mea maxima culpa!"

"Protect me, Maria! Don't let this siren cast her spell! Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone!" He sang as he held up the handkerchief, "Destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of hell… Or else let her be mine and mine alone!"

He then tried to hug a smoke figure that looked like Esmerelda before it vanished. Just then a figure appeared behind him, "Like not that's not at all creepy." Frollo turned around to see Vanitas. He demaned, "Who are you?! How did you get in here?!"

"Just simply a delivery boy. The girl you're singing lustfully about. She's escaped." He told him. Frollo couldn't believe what he was hearing, "What?!"

"She's nowhere in the cathedral. She's gone." He explained. Frollo was shocked, "But how?!" Vanitas told him, "Doesn't matter. Just so long as you get her back, right? I have a gift for you. The power to get your righteous judgement."

Vanitas then gave him the power to control the Unversed. Frollo grinned at his new power as Vanitas grinned under his mask. He vowed, "I will find her. I will find her if I have to burn down all of Paris!"

"Hellfire! Dark fire! Now gypsy, it's your turn!" Forllo sang, "Choose me or your pyre…Be mine or you will burn! He then tossed the handkerchief into the fire.

"Kyrie Eleison!"

"God, have mercy on her…" He prayed.

"Kyrie Eleison!"

"God, have mercy on me…" He prayed as he leaned up against the wall.

"Kyrie Eleison"

"But she will be mine…Or SHE…WILL…BURN!" Frollo finished his song a choir sung in the background and that was when the fire went out. Vanitas chuckled as he left, "Let's see how you handle this, Sora."

He then vanished in a corridor of darkness…

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The next day, Frollo got out of his carriage. Captain Phoebus and the guards awaited him, "Morning, sir."

Frollo moaned as he rubbed his eyes. Phoebus asked, "Are you feeling all right?"

He replied, "I had a little trouble with the fireplace."

"I see. Your orders, sir?" Asked the Captain. Frollo replied, "Find the gypsy girl."

As the day went to troops ransacking every home, eventually finding a group of gypsies hidden in a trap door. They lined the gypsies outside, Frollo offered them, "Ten pieces of silver for the gypsy, Esmeralda."

None of the were going to answer him. Frollo's eyes narrowed, "Lock them up!" Then Frollo's men pushed a carriage into the Seine. When it began to sink, gypsies come floating to the surface. Once again, they're lined up, Frollo offered them, "Twenty pieces of silver for the gypsy Esmeralda!"

Still no one was willing to sell her out. This made Frollo even angrier, "Take them away!" Pheobus began to realize Frollo's obsession with Esmerelda was getting out of control. When they reached a large windmill, Frollo interrogating the miller, "We found this gypsy talisman on your property. Have you been harbouring gypsies?

"Our home is always open to the weary traveler. Have mercy, my lord." He begged. Frollo replied, I am placing you and your family under house arrest until I get to the bottom of this. If what you say is true, you are innocent and you have nothing to fear."

"But we are innocent, I assure you! We know nothing of these gypsies!" He tries to tell him. Frollo ignored him as bared the door shut with a guard's staff. He then orders to Pheobus, "Burn it."

"What!?" The Captian asked with shock. Frollo replied, "Until it smolders. These people are traitors and must be made examples of." He then handed him a torch. Pheobus glared at him, "With all due respect, sir, I was not trained to murder the innocent."

"But you were trained to follow orders." Frollo argued. Phoebus took the torch and douses it in a bucket of water. Frollo glared at him, "Insolent coward." Just then a giant bat like Unversed flew in. The Capetian's eyes widened, "What demon is this?!"

"Oh, you are mistaken, Captain Phoebus. This is no demon. It is righteous judgement! I have been granted this power so that I may smite all gypsies now and forever!" Frollo smirked as the unversed breathed fire upon the windmill. The entire structure is quickly engulfed in flame. Phoebus crashes through the window and brings the family outside to safety. As the building continues to burn, more unversed tacked Phoebus. Frollo told him, "The sentence for insubordination is death. Such a pity... you threw away a promising career.

"Consider it my highest honor, sir." He smirked. At least his conscious was clear. Frollo raises a spear and is about to kill Phoebus, when Esmeralda interfered scaring Frollo's horse, throwing Frollo man is thrown off. This distracted the unversed long enough to escape. He hopped on Frollo's horse and rode off. Frollo order the other guards and Unversed, "Shoot him but don't hit my horse!"

Startled by their new allies the guards obey and help the monsters. As Phoebus tried to escape, he is showered with arrows. One of them goes through his shoulder, and he falls off the horse, off the bridge that he's riding over, and into the river. The guards fired volley of arrows follow him in. Esmeralda, who has witnessed the entire spectacle in disguise, gasped. He told both the guard and Unversed, "Don't waste your arrows. Let the traitor rot in his watery grave! Find the girl! If you have to burn the city to the ground, so be it!"

Esmeralda ran down the hill to the river, keeping under cover. She wades into the water, then dives under. She comes back up with the unconscious Phoebus. She pulls him out of the water she needed to get to safety and she knew just the place.

Hours later, a guard reported to Frollo, "Sir! We've looked everywhere, and still no sign of the gypsy girl." Frollo was still puzzled, "I had the entire cathedral surrounded, guards at every door. There was no way she could have escaped, unless..." He looks up to the cathedral's bell tower, and Quasimodo's home.

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Rogue signed, "We've looked for almost a day and this Keyhole of yours is nowhere to be found." Sor replied, "Forget that! Look at what Frollo's doing to the city." Rogue looked outside and her eyes widened, "Oh my... That creep's obsession is getting worse."

"Oh, it doesn't look good." Laverne added. Victor frowned, "It's hopeless. Absolutely hopeless."

"You're telling me! I'm losing to a bird!" Hugo complained about his game of cards. Victor frowned, "Oh, that poor gypsy girl. I'm beginning to fear the worst.

"I know, but, now, don't you say anything to upset Quasimodo. He's worried enough already." Rogue stated. Hugo realized, "Yeah, you're right. We'd better lighten up."

"Shh, shh, shh! Here he comes!" Victor told everyone. Sora nodded, "Now just stay calm."

"Not a word." Victor agreed. Hugo added, "Easy does it."

"Stone faced." He replied. Quasimodo walked up to them. He asked, "Any sign of her?"

Victor loses it and starts crying, "Oh, it's a lost cause! She could be anywhere! In the stocks, in the dungeon, on the rack!" Qusi comforted him as everyone else glared at Victor. Laverne even commented sarcastically, "Nice work, Victor."

"No, he's right. What are we going to do?" Quasimodo said. Sora replied, "I'll go out there and look." Rogue stopped him, "Don't. You saw how Frollo reacted when Esmeralda escape, what you think his going to do if we go missing."

"Your right, which means..." Sora nodded. As Rogue frowned, "We can't go home until we handle Frollo."

"What are you guys talking about? If I know Esmeralda, she's three steps ahead of Frollo, and well out of harm's way!" Victor told them as he showed cards representing them. He asked, "Do you really think so?"

"Hey, when things cool off, she'll be back. You'll see." Hugo promised. Quasi asked, "What makes you so sure?" Sora replied, "Because she likes you. Not the like friends like the other like. I learned that one the hard way."

"We always said you were the cute one." Laverne commented. Hugo complained as he ate a loaf of bread, "I thought I was the cute one!"

"No, I've know ya less than a day and I can already tell you're the fat, stupid one with the big mouth!" Rogue stated. Laverne nodded, "I second that opinion.'

"What are you saying, exactly?" Hugo asked. They ignored him, as Laverne told Quasi, "Take it from us, Quasi. You've got nothing to worry about." Hugo smiled, "Yeah, you're irresistible."

"Knights in shining armor certainly aren't her type." Victor agreed cheering up. Sora added, "And those guys are a dime a dozen. But you? You're one of a kind." Music then started playing, Rogue frowned, "Don't tell me we're going to sing."

"Look..." Victor began to sing as he pulled out a hot dog a a stick, "Paris, the city of lovers is glowing this evening..." He signed as he held the food towards the burning city, and when he pulled it back it was on fire, ' True, that's because it's on fire... But still, there's 'l'amour...'"

"Somewhere out there in the night... Her Heart is also alight..." As he passed Quasimodo an ace, "And I know the guy she just might be burning for..." Hugo decided to take things from there, "A guy like you... She's never known, kid... A guy like you... A girl does not meet ev'ry day..."

"You've got a look... That's all your own, kid..." Hugo sang as he backed away and unintentionally bumped his head causing to see double, "Could there be two?"

"Like you?" Victor and Laverne joined in, "No way!" Sora joined in surprising Rogue,Those other guy...That she could dangle...All look the same...From ev'ry boring point of view!" Sora and Hugo sung together, "You're a surprise...From ev'ry angle..."

"Mon Dieu above..." Hugo sang. Sora then sang,She's gotta love..."

"...A guy like you!" They sung together. Rogue replied, "You too! Why?!" Sora shrugged, "Looked like fun and we need to Quasi some confidence in himself. Now sing along." Victor sang, "A guy like you...gets extra credit...Because it's true... You've got a... certain... some thing more!"

"You're aces, kid!" Hugo simply sated showing even more aces. Rogue signed as she sang, "Ya see that face...Ya don't forget it..."

"Want something new?" Victor and Laverne sang. Sora stated, "That's you!" As the five sang, "For sure!"

"We all have gaped...At some Adonis..." Laverne sang. Victor the pulled out a croissant, "But then we crave a meal... More nourishing to chew!

"And since you've shaped...Like a croissant is..." Hugo sang as everyone joined in, "No question of...She's gotta love...A guy like you!" Hugo tried to run off with the croissant but got chase by pigeons. Victor started to play the piano while Laverne sang, "Call me a hopeless romantic... But Quasi, I feel it..."

"She wants you so... Any moment she'll walk through that door..." Victor sang as Hugo came in dressed like Esmerelda, "For..."

"A guy so swell..." Rogue and Hugo sang together. Rogue was beginning to get into the music as Sora, Victor, and Laverne joined in, "A guy like you..."

"With all you bring her..." Hugo and Rogue sang. While the other sang, "I tell you Quasi..."

"A fool could tell..." The two continued to sing as Sora, Victor, and Laverne sang, "There never was...

"It's why she fell..." Rogue and Hugo sang as Sora, Victor conteniued, "Another, was he?!"

"For you-know-who!" Rogue and Hugo sang. While the others finished, "From king to serf... To the bourgeoisie...

"You ring the bell..." Hugo sang while the other joined in, "They're all a second-stringer..."

"You're the bell ringer!" Everyone sang as they began to snap their fingers, "When she wants oo-la-la... Then she wants you la-la... She will discover, guy... you're one heck of guy...Who wouldn't love a guy...LIKE...YOU?!"

"You got a lot... The rest have not... So she's gotta love... A guy like you!" Hugo finished. They then heard Esmerelda call out, "Quasi? Quasimodo!?" Quasi beamed while the gargyoles turned back to stone while Sora and Rogue wished him luck. Rogue replied, "You know, the whole world like musical is kinda weird but fun."

"Yeah, it's also going to make one heck of a story." Sora nodded. Quasimodo walked up to Esmerelda, "Esmeralda?! Esmeralda! You're all right! I knew you'd come back."

"You've done so much for me already, my friend, but I must ask your help one more time." Esmerelda replied. Quasimodo nodded eargerly, "Yes, anything."

He the saw her bring up, she brings in the unconscious body of Phoebus. Esmeralda explained, "This is Phoebus. He's wounded, and a fugitive like me. He can't go on much longer. I knew he'd be safe here. Please, can you hide him?"

Quasimodo frowned but nodded, "This way." Sora and Rogue stared at eachother and also rushed in to help. They laid Phoebus down on Quasi's bed. He moaned gently as he woke up, "Esmeralda?"

"Shh, shh, shh. You'll hide here until you're strong enough to move." She told him. Then she pulled out a flask of alcohol. He smiled, "Great. I could use a drink."

She then pours it on his wound, and he cries out in pain, "Ah, yes! Hmmm! Feels like a 1470 burgundy. Not a good year." Esmeralda smiled, "That family owes you their lives. You're either the single bravest soldier I've ever seen, or the craziest."

"Ex-soldier, remember? Why is it, whenever we meet, I end up bleeding?" Pheobus asked with a slight joke. Esmeralda replied, "You're lucky. That arrow almost pierced your heart."

"I'm not so sure it didn't." He smiled. They move closer and closer, then kiss. Quasimodo, in the background, turned away sad. Sora and Rogue felt bad for him. Sora whispered, "Quasi, I'm so sorry. Quasi?"

"I knew I'd never know that warm and loving glow… Though I might wish with all my might… No face as hideous as my face… Was ever meant for heaven's light…" Quasimodo sung quietly as he pulled out the ace card and ripped it in half. Rogue began to tear up, as Sora turned to her. Djali, looking out the window, begins to bleat excitedly. Sora rushed to the window and gasped, "Frollo's coming!"

"You must leave. Quick, follow me! Go down the south tower steps." Quaimodo showed her the way out. She told him, "Be careful, my friend. Promise you won't let anything happen to him."

"I promise." He nodded. She smiled, "Thank you." When she and Djali leave, the gargoyles came back to life. Laverne quickly said, "Quick, we gotta stash the stiff!" They hurriedly drag Phoebus' body off the bed and underneath the table with Quasi's models on it. He hurriedly tries to set his models straight as Frollo enters. He feigns surprise, "Oh, master, I didn't think you'd be coming…"

"I'm never too busy to share a meal with you, dear boy. I brought a little treat." He showed them grapes. He turned to Sora and Rogue, "Leave us." Their eyes narrowed at Frollo before turning to leave them, Sora told Quasi, "We'll be close by."

The left the room but leaned in to keep an eye on the two of them. Frollo clears his throat slightly, and Quasi realizes he hasn't set the table. He rushes off to grab the dishes, and is obviously flustered, dropping and breaking things. Once he returned, Frollo asked, "Is there something troubling you, Quasimodo?"

"No. No!" Quasi quickly shook his head. Frollo grinned, "Oh, but there is. I know there is."

"Frollo pulled out the grapes but one falls to the floor, near Phoebus. Quasi cautiously picks it up. Frollo replied, "I think...you're hiding something."

"Oh, no, master. There's nothing…" Quasi replied but Frollo cut him off, "You're not eating, boy. He quickly gobbles a handful of grapes. Mumbling through the food, he replied, "It's very good. Thank you."

Phoebus moaned. Quasi moans similarly, indicating he enjoys the food. Phoebus sighs louder. Quasi kicks him, knocking him out, then pretends to cough to cover up the noise. He explained, "Seeds."

Frollo gave Quasi an odd look before he turned to the modal, "What's different in here?" Quasi replied, "Nothing, sir."

"Isn't this one new? He asked as he picked up the Esmeralda figure, "It's awfully good. Looks very much like the gypsy girl. I know…." A nasty look creeps across his face as his voice rises, "…You've helped her escape!"

"But I…" Quasi tried to explain. Sora tried to rush in to help but was help back by Rogue. Frollo accused, "And now, all Paris is burning because of you!"

"She was kind to me, master." He explained. Frollo smashes the table and its setting, "You idiot! That wasn't kindness! It was cunning! She's a gypsy! Gypsies are not capable of real love! Think, boy! Think of your mother!" Rogue was beginning to lose her grip on Sora so she removed one of her gloves with her mouth. She didn't want to do this, but it was for his own good. However, when she touched the boy…nothing happened…her eyes widened in shock thirty seconds later, Sora felt Rogues hand. He turned to her also in shock, her powers had no effect against him. But why? Those thoughts were put to rest when the heard Frollo say, "But what chance could a poor, misshapen child like you have against her heathen treachery? Well, never you mind, Quasimodo. She will be out of our lives soon enough. I will free you from her evil spell. She will torment you no longer."

"What do you mean?" Quasi began to burn the Esmerda model as he explained, "I know where her hideout is, and tomorrow, at dawn, I attack with a thousand men and another thousand of agents of justice."

He then left Quasimodo to his thoughts as Sora and Rogue returned, Sora quickly put out the fire. Phoebus got out of his hiding spot, "We have to find the Court of Miracles, before daybreak. If Frollo gets there first...are you coming with me?

"I can't." Quasimodo frowned. Sora was shocked, "I thought you were Esmeralda's friend."

"Frollo's my master. I can't disobey him again." Quasi stated. The former captain replied, "She stood up for you. You've got a funny way of showing gratitude. Well, I'm not going to sit by and watch Frollo massacre innocent people. You do what you think is right. I got get there Frollo and his army of demons show up."

"Demons?" Sora asked puzzled. His eyes widened in realization, "Unversed! Pheobus let me come with you. Esmeralda's my friend too." He smiled, "I'll take what help I can get. Plus I've seen you've fight. Who trained you?"

"I was taught by the best." Sora explained as the two left. Sora turned to Rogue, "You don't have to come if you don't want to. I'll be back soon."

As they left Rogue signed as she turned to Quasimodo, "We've gotta help them." The gargoyles nodded in agreement. Quasimodo replied, "Look. What am I supposed to do? Go out there and rescue the girl from the jaws of death, and the whole town will cheer like I'm some sort of hero? She already has her knight in shining armor, and it's not me. Frollo was right. Frollo was right about everything. I'm tired of trying to be something I'm not."

"No, he ain't! Frollo's out there hurting a bunch of innocent people and he's calling it justice! He's the real monster, Quasi! Your not! Sure, she might have her knight in shining armor but he ain't going to be any help in the conditions he's in plus he's teamed-up with an overgrown child. Our friends need us."

Quasi took her words to thought as Laverne handed him his cloak. He said to himself, "I must be out of my mind!" Rogue smiled…

At ground level, Phoebus and Sora exit the cathedral. No sooner they had stepped outside, Quasi and Rogue hops in front of them, "Phoebus! Sora!" Phoebus shouts out in surprise but Sora quickly shushes him as Rogue explained, "We're coming with you!"

" I'm glad you changed your mind." Phoebus smiled. Quasi replied, "I'm not doing it for you. I'm doing it for her."

"What made you change your mind Rogue?" Sora asked. She replied, "I still owe ya. Besides you're my ticket home. Can't let anything happen to you."

"You know where she is?" Pheobus asked. Everyone turned to Quasimodo as he pulled out a talisman, "No, but she said this would help us find her."

"Good, good, good! Ahhh. Great! What is it?" Pheobus asked. As Quasimodo frowned, "I'm not sure."

"Hmm. Must be some sort of code." Rogue wondered. Pheobus nodded, "Maybe it's Arabic. No, no, it's not Arabic. Maybe it's ancient Greek..." Sora wondered, "Was there anything else she told you?"

"When you wear this woven band, you hold the city in your hand." He whispered as his eye lit up. Phoebus asked, "What?"

"It's the city!" He explained. The others couldn't see it. Rogue asked, "What are y'all talking about?

"It's a map!" He points to the centre, "See, here's the cathedral, and the river, and this little..." Sora's eyes lit, "Oh, now I see it! Nice work, Quasi!"

Now hold up, I've never seen a map that looks like this and..." The began to argue with each other as they ended with, "….and this is (not) it!"

Sora played peacekeeper. "The longer we argue about this, the sooner it will be for Frollo to get there first." Quasi and Pheobus both breathe deeply, then Phoebus gives in, "All right, okay. You say it's a map, fine, it's a map. If we're going to find Esmeralda, we have to work together. Truce?"

He slaps Quasi on the back. He nodded, "Well...okay." Quasi slaps Phoebus back. Phoebus winces from the pain. As they began to walk off Quasi apologized, "Sorry."

"No, you're not." Pheobus argued. Rogue rolled her eyes as they went off. As they avoid guards and Unversed alike, Rogue whispered, "Look, I'm sorry about before…"

"Don't be…If I had jumped in there, I would have made things worse. Thank you for stopping me from making a big mistake." Rogue was a little shocked by this but replied, "You're welcome."

"By the way, how come your powers didn't work on me?" Sora asked. Rogue replied, "I have no idea." Soon, they approach a central grave, with a symbol on it. Phoebus observed it, "This looks like the symbol on the map."

"But what does it mean?" Sora wondered. Phoebus replied, "Hmm. I'm not sure. I can make out an inscription, but it's going to take a few minutes to translate it." Quasi pushes the lid off the grave, revealing a staircase going down much to everyone's shock. Phoebus nodded, "Yes, well, or we could just go down those stairs."

The went inside as Sora and Rogue pulled the tomb shut. They end up in a partially flooded chamber, lined with skeletons. Rogue asked, "Is this the Court of Miracles?"

"Offhand, I'd say it's the Court of Ankle Deep Sewage. Must be the old catacombs." He explained. As they proceed, they fail to notice three of the skeletons rise behind them. Phoebus commented, "Cheerful place. Kinda makes you wish you got out more often, eh Quasi?"

"Not me. I just want to warn Esmeralda and get back to the bell tower. I don't want to get in any more trouble." Quasi replied. Phoebus observed their surroundings, "Speaking of trouble, we should have run in to some by now."

"What do you mean?" Rogue asked. Phoebus replied, "You know, a guard, a booby trap..." Just then, their torch blows out, leaving them in darkness. Sora asked, "What about an ambush?"

"Yeah, definitely an ambush." Phoebus agreed. Suddenly, the chamber is fully lit, and skeletons surround them. They force them to their knees in front of a now unmasked Clopin, "Well, well, well. What have we here?"

"Trespassers! Spies!" They gypsy proclaimed. Phoebus spoke up, "We are not spies!" Quasi tried to explain, "Can't you listen…" But they were all gaged before the could say anything Clopin told them, Don't interrupt me! You're very clever to have found our hideaway. Unfortunately, you won't live to tell the tale."

They are led into a complete underground town, teeming with gypsies, "Maybe you've heard of a terrible place… Where the scoundrels of Paris…Collect in a lair… Maybe you've heard of that mythical place… Called the Court of Miracles!" Clopin sang, "Hello, you're there!"

"Where the lame can walk…" As a few people stood up that look cripple. At the same time a few people who look blind removed their disguises, "And the blind can see…"

"But the dead don't talk…So you won't be around to reveal what you've found …" Clopin sang as they other gypsy joined them, "We have a method for spies and intruders… rather like bees protecting their hive… Here in the Court of Miracles… Where it's a miracle if you get out alive!"

The four had been taken up to a platform, where nooses are placed around their necks. Clopin got everyone's attention, "Gather around, everybody! There's good "noose" tonight!" The gypsies got a good laugh as Daiji saw who they were and ran off to find Esmeralda. Clopin continued, It's a quadruple header, a group of Frollo's spies!"

Everyone booed as he explained, "And two of them are not just any spies! His captain of the guard, and his loyal, bell ringing henchman!" He continued, "Justice is swift in the Court of Miracles… I am the lawyers and judge all in one … We like to get the trial over with quickly

Because it's the sentence that's really the fun!"

Clopin is about to pull the handle to drop the floor out from underneath Quasi, Sora, Rogue, and Phoebus. He asked them, "Any last words? They all tried to explained but the gags the exsus came out in mumbles. Clopin smirked, "That's what they all say!"

"Now that we've seen all the evidence…" Clopin sang as his puppet popped out, "Wait! I object!"

"Overruled!" He replied. The puppet spoke once more, "I object!"

"Quiet!" He told him as he put his Frollo head on the puppet. The puppet replied, "Dang!"

"We find you totally innocent… Which is the worst crime of all… So you're going to hang!" He finished, Clopin starts to pull the handle to hang them, but stopped as Esmeralda's shouted, "Stop!"

"Esmeralda!" They mumbled out. She ran up to them to free them, "These men aren't spies-they're our friends!"

"Why didn't they say so!?" Clopin smiled sheepishly. They argued, "We did say so!"

"This is the soldier that saved the miller's family, Sora, Rogue and Quasimodo helped

me escape the cathedral."

" We came to warn you! Frollo's coming! He says he knows where you're hiding, and he's attacking at dawn with a thousand men and monsters!" Pheobus warned everybody making them gasp. Esmeralda nodded, "Then let's waste no time! We must leave immediately!"

(Gypsies begin running everywhere, beginning to pack up. Sora and Rogue helped them in anyway they could. Rogue smiled as Sora frowned. Rogue walk up to him, "What's with the sad face. Sura, we nearly got hung but we many have just save hundereds if not thousands of lives today. Sora replied, "It's too easy."

"Huh?" Rogue wondered. Sora replied, "Frollo's obsessed with Esmeralda we know this for a fact. He's nearly burned the city looking for her. If he really knew where the Court of Miracles was, then why wait till dawn unless…"

"…he never really knew until we showed him the way." Rogue's eyes widened they quickly ran to join the others to warn them. At the same time, Esmeralda move closer to Phoebus, "You took a terrible risk coming here. It may not exactly show, but we're grateful."

As she moves closer, Phoebus sees Quasi's depressed look. He brought him up closer to them, "Don't thank me. Thank Quasimodo. Without his help, we would never have found my way here." Quasi's face brightens up, but only for a moment, "Nor would I!"

"IT'S A TRAP!" They exclaimed but it was too late. Frollo and his men and Unversed appeared in the doorway. Soldiers surround the people and take the gypsies into custody. The tried to fight back but there was nothing they could do to harm the Unversed. Frollo grinned, "After twenty years of searching, the Court of Miracles is mine at last. Dear Quasimodo, I always knew you would someday be of use to me."

"What are you talking about?" She demanded. Frollo walked up closer to her, "Why, he led me right to you, my dear."

"You're a liar!" She accused him. He then turned to Pheobus, "And look what else I've caught in my net… Captain Phoebus, back from the dead. Another miracle, no doubt. I shall remedy that." He then spoke loud enough for all to hear, "There will be a little bonfire in the square tomorrow, and you're all invited to attend."

Everyone gasped as Frollo ordered, "Lock them up." Quasi begged, "No, please, master." Frollo looked to Qusai before he heard Sora say, "Frollo, I won't let you get away with this!" He turned to see Sora charging at him with a stolen sword but the unversed snuck up for behind and knocked him out.

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When Sora finally came to, he saw Rogue and Pheobus standing over him. Rogue smiled, "Good you up." Sora asked, "We're alive?"

"For now but we've been captured." Sora then noticed they were locked up in a cage next to other cages with gypsys there were also a huge crowd has gathered to watch the burning of Esmeralda, who is on a pyre. Frollo stood next to her. When the archdeacon comes out to see what is happening, guards block him off. Frollo declared, "The prisoner Esmeralda has been found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. The sentence is death!"

He then leaned to Esmeralda ans whispered, "The time has come, stand upon the brink of the abyss. Yet even now, it is not too late. I can save you from the flames of this world, and the next. Choose me, or the fire." She spat in his face, making Frollo angry, "The gypsy Esmeralda has refused to recant. This evil witch has put the soul of every citizen of Paris in mortal danger..."

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Meanwhile at Notre Dame, Quasimodo was chained to the walls as the gargoyles tried to free him. Hugo told him, "Come on, Quasi! Snap out of it!"

"Your friends are down there!" Victor added. Quasimodo just frowned, "It's all my fault."

"You gotta break these chains!" Laverne told him. He replied, "I can't. I tried. What difference would it make?" Victor argued, "But you can't let Frollo win!"

"He already has." He replied. Hugo was shock by this, "So, you're giving up? That's it?"

"These chains aren't what's holding you back, Quasimodo." Laverne told Quasi. He told the gargoyles, "Leave me alone." The gargoyles finally give up, and move away. Hugo frowned, "Okay. Okay, Quasi, we'll leave you alone."

"After all, we're only made of stone." Victor nodded as they turned to stone. Before Laverne join them she said, "We just thought maybe you were made of something stronger..."

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Back on the ground, Rogue told Sora, "We gotta get out of here and save Esmeralda and the gypsys before Frollo barbecues them or worse." Sora frowned, Rogue replied, "Now, what's wrong?"

"Well, it seems like everytime we tried to help we've only made things worse. What if we help and Frollo decides to kill everyone or the world ends… I was better off on Earth alone." Rogue remembered through Jean, Kurt, and Storm's memories, that Sora had no memory of his past and hasn't seen his family since. She replied, "With days we've been having, that is completely possible. But if doing what's right only brings in more wrong to the world then that doesn't mean we should give up. We can take Frollo and his army but we need you." Sora frowned as he brightened up. Pheobus smiled, "You've got a plan?"

"I do but first we need to get out of here and we'll need Quasi's help too." Sora nodded. They all called out for the Hunchback. This got his attention too the bone fire. Frollo finished, "...for justice, for Paris, and for her own salvation! It is my shameful duty to send this poor girl back to hell!" He touches the torch to the pyre, starting the fire. Qusai eyes widened in horror as he pulled on the chains, "No!"

He began to pull harder and harder. The bells begin to quietly rang as he shakes the very building, ripping out pillars of stone. Finally, he is freed. He races off and grabs a rope. Leaping off the edge of the cathedral, he lassos a gargoyle and rappels down the side of the building. Finally, he's close enough. He jumps off, flies out over the crowd and lands on the platform. He quickly breaks Esmeralda's ropes. A trio of guards come at him, but Quasi grabs a torch and swings it at them, scaring them off. He grabs the rope and climbs back to the top of the building. Frollo eyes narrowed, "Quasimodo!"

"Way to go, Quasi!" Sora, Rogue, and Pheobus cheered. Sora nodded to Rogue, who removed her gloves. At the same time, Quasimodo reaches the top of the building and stands in front of the giant stained glass window. He holds Esmeralda's body high above his head and cried out, "Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"

The crowd cheered for the hunchback….well almost everyone. Frollo called out, "Captain! Seize the cathedral!" The guard argued, "But sir, the law of sanctuary…"

"I'm the minster of this church. I negate the laws of sanctuary! Open those doors! Ram them through if you must!" Frollo ordered. In the cage Rogue knocked out the rest of the guards with a touch. Sora secretly used his Keyblade to unlock the cage, when freed he turned his friends. Rogue get inside the church and help Quasimodo in anyway you can. Pheobus, can you convince the people to fight against Frollo's men?"

"Yes, but what of the monster. Nothing we do can hurt them." Pheobus replied. Sora grinned, "Leave them to me."

Back to the top, Quasi has brought the still unconscious Esmeralda into the bedroom. He lied her down on the bed. He reassured her, "Don't worry. You'll be safe here."

Quasi leaps down, then grabs a beam of wood and throws it at the advancing soldiers on the ground. They scurried like ants. Frollo ordered Come back, you cowards!" He turned to the guards, "You men! Pick up that beam! Break down the door!"

As the men and the Unversed made their way for the church, Sora stood in their way sword in hand as Rogue snuck inside and locked the doors. Sora dropped the sword, making Frollo raised an eyebrow. Sora then summoned his Keyblade and held it with both hands. The crowd silenced as they stared at Sora. When they saw Sora's blade. It gave them hope. Frollo's eyes narrowed, "Men! Focas your attack on….on the Keyblade Master!" The men and Unversed charged at Sora but he esailly defeated them. Pheobus called out to the people, "Citizens of Paris! Frollo has persecuted our people, ransacked our city! Now he has declared war on Notre Dame herself! Will we allow it?!"

"No!" As the crowd begins to break loose the gypsies, the guards continue

their assault. Soon, the crowd swarms around the door. Hugo beamed from above, "I think the cavalry's here!" Victor noticed from below, "Hey! Isn't that…"

"Feeble!" Victor guessed. Laverne stated, "Doofus!"

"Phoebus!" Quasi beamed, "And Sora too!" Rogue ran up to them, "And I'm here too! Let's defend the Lord's temple!" they nodded as the battle raged on Quasi and Rogue continues to drop things on the advancing troops. Victor drops a brick, landing square on a guard's head. He quickly apologized, "Sorry! Sorry!"

Hugo throws a rock in his mouth, then chomps it up, flies around like a bomber, ending up on the ledge. He begins spitting out pebbles like a machine gun. Meanwhile, Frollo was supervising the guards at the door. As the fighting continued, a guard breaks the lock off the stockade. The old prisoner is once again free, "I'm free! I'm free!"

He then fell into a hole labeled "Mon Sewer", "Dang it!" A grappling hook reaches Quasimodo. He grabs it, then pulls the rope tight. Three guards smash into the building. Meanwhile, Victor, Rogue, and Hugo are built a catapult. When they were finally finished, they prepared to fire. Victor ordered, "Ready...aim...fire!"

They push the catapult off the ledge, sending it crashing to the ground. Soldiers and Unversed scattered. Rogue questioned them, "Are you sure that's how it works?"

(he catapult, upside down, springs, sending the cart bottom on top of some soldiers. Hugo beamed, "Works for me!" Sora continued his fight against the Unversed. He notice on Unversed tried to sneak past him, but it reached the reached the church a bright light shine destroying the Unversed. Sora smiled, it looked like God was on their side.

Cut to Laverne, sending pigeons to attack, "Fly, my pretties! Fly! Fly!" The birds then began attack both solider and Unversed alike.

The guards continue to work on knocking down the door. Meanwhile, Victor is using Hugo as a bellows to warm up the fire on the lead pot. Quasi attaches a rope to it, then dumps it over, sending fire pouring out of the tower and onto the scattering guards below. The guards battering the door run, but Frollo manages to get inside the cathedral safely. As he does, the archdeacon ran up to him, "Frollo, have you gone mad? I will not tolerate this assault on the house of God!"

"Silence, you old fool! The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to. And this time, you will not interfere." He pushed him aside as he headed up stares. Sora came in seconds later he was able to get to the church safely. Sora ran up to the Archdeacon, "Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine, my boy. But Frollo, he's going after your friends. Stop him!" The Archdeacon told him. Sora nodded as he chased after , Quasi bursts into the bedroom jubilantly, "We've done it, Esmeralda! We've beaten them back! Come and see!"

However, she didn't move. Quasi walked up to her, "Esmeralda? Wake up! You're safe now." Still nothing, Rogue entered the room, eyes widened, "Oh, no…" Quasimodo gets a spoonful of water, and tries to make her drink it. She didn't take it. Quasimodo's eyes began to water, "Oh no."

He begins to cry as Rogue sat at a corner and cried to herself. Frollo didn't even noticed her as he entered the room. He walked up and touches Quasi on his hump. He cried, "You killed her."

"It was my duty, horrible as it was. I hope you can forgive me. There, there, Quasimodo, I know it hurts." Frollo pulled out a knife behind his back, "But now, the time has come to end your suffering."

Rogue gasped, "Quasi! Look out!" As Frollo raises it to stab him, he turned and struggles with Frollo only briefly, before wresting the dagger from Frollo's hands and backing him into a corner. Frollo begged, "Now, now, listen to me, Quasimodo."

"No, you listen! All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place. But now, I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!" He finally stood up to his master as he tossed the dagger away. Rogue lightly smiled, he was no longer Frollo's slave. Esmeralda moaned as she got up, "Quasimodo?"

He turns and sees Esmeralda sitting on the bed. Rogue and Quasi beamed, the hunchback ran up to her, "Esmeralda!" Frollo's eyes narrowed, "She lives!" He then drew forth a sword.

"No." Quasi grabs Esmeralda and ran out onto the balcony. Frollo was about to follow but is stopped by Rogue who removed her glove. She reached out to his face but he knocked her away as he fafter Quasimodo and Esmeralda but when he gets outside, he sees nothing but gargoyles. After looking left and right, he looks out over the edge and finds Quasi hanging there with Esmeralda, "Leaving so soon?"

He swings his sword, but Quasi dodges the blow by swinging to another spot. Down on the ground, Sora quickly made it up in time to see Frollo attack once more. Sora blocked his sword with is Keyblade. Sora's eyes narrowed, "It's over, Frollo! You army defeated and the Unversed can't enter the house of God!"

"Maybe so, but not all of them need to touch the ground." Just the another Unversed appeared one much larger than the others. This bat like Unversed tires to attack Quasimodo and Esmeralda but the hunchback dodged it just in time. He told the gypsy, "Hang on!"

Sora and Frollo continued their duel against each other. Frollo's eye narrowed, "You're kind should have died a long time ago. Now I'll finish the job." Sora smirked, "You do realize I'm distracting you, right?" Frollo raised an eyebrow as Rogue grabbed him from behind, "Alright, ya old creep! It's light out!"

Rogue began to absorb him along with his darkness. Rogue and Frollo screamed in pain. The corrupt judge fell to his knees as Rogue ordered the giant unversed to stop its attack. Rogue told Sora, "I…I don't know…how much longer I can hold it."

Sora turned to see a rope Quasimodo swung on earlier he rushed to grab it as he swung right at the Unversed he then strike his Keyblade against it and it collided with the church and a bright light shine destroying it instantly. When Sora landed on the ground, he ran up to Rogue, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine…but I know what really happened to Quasi's mother. She never abandoned him." Rogue told him as he helped her up. Sora's eyes widened as Frollo had Quasimodo cornered once Esmeralda was safe, "I should have known you'd risk your life to save that gypsy witch. Just as your own mother died in her pitiful to save you.

"What?!" Quasi's eyes widened in horror. Frollo then told him, "Now I'm going to do what I should have done twenty years ago!" He swings his rope, covering Quasi's head. But as he tries to throw Quasi off the balcony, the panicking Quasi pulls Frollo off as well. Now Frollo is hanging onto Quasi, who is hanging onto Esmeralda. Rogue rushed in to help. Frollo throws his cape around another gargoyle, and pulls himself over. He stands up and is about to swing at Esmeralda and Rogue, as he laughed wickedly, "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!"

However, Sora disarmed Frollo with is Keylade as God was with them and made the gargoyle crack not able to hold the corrupted man's weight. To the former Judge surprise the gargoyle came to life and growled at him. He screamed in horror. Then the gargoyle cracked free and both fell into the fires below. Sora then went to help Quasimodo but they were beginning to lose him. "Quasimodo! Quasi, no!" Quasimodo fell out of their grasps and he began to fall.

"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" They cried out. Thankfully, Phoebus caught at the last second and was able to pull him up. Esmeralda, Sora, and, Rogue went down to go to the level they were on while. Quasimodo smiled and hugged him for saving his life. Quasimodo made sure that Phoebus and Esmeralda ended up together as a couple. Sora and Rogue smiled, Sora commented, "Wow. What a good sport."

"Yeah. He's handling this way better then Blob did." Rogue nodded. When the fires calmed down and sun rose Sora, Rogue, Quasimodo and the three gargoyles from before watched as Esmerelda and Pheobus walked out of Notre Dame while holding hands. Everyone was happy for the new couple but then Sora remembered, "Quasimodo. Frollo's gone now so… You can't let your heart be a..."

"I know." He told Sora he then turn to Sora and the gargoyles and told them, "I can't blame Frollo for putting walls around me. It wasn't the walls that were holding me back." Everyone nodded. They understood what he was saying. "But my heart is free now. I'm ready to really see what's out there." He said, walking to the exit. The gargoyles headed up to wait for their friend to come home.

With that Phoebus and Esmeralda emerge into the light. As the crowd cheers, Esmeralda turns back to the open doorway. She comes back and leads out Quasimodo. The crowd goes silent. Soon, a little girl cautiously comes forward from the crowd. She looks at him, then pets his face. They then hug, and Quasi picks her up and put her up on his shoulder. The crowd begins to cheer. As he moves into the crowd, they do not move away as before. The gargoyles watch re above, breaking out the champagne. Sora stated, "All that time, Quasimodo let himself be trapped inside his nightmares Frollo gave him."

"Yeah, now he's free and the public's accepting him." Rogue nodded. Sora asked, "Do you think with time, when mutants are known to the public, that we'll be accepted too."

"Ya know. Before today, I would have said no but after everything we witnessed today, maybe humans and mutants do have a chance to live together." Rogue replied smiling. Pheobus walked up to them, "If not, you're always welcomed here."

"Prais will welcome your people with open arms." Esmeralda nodded. Sora nodded, "Until then, we'll see you around." Rogue looked at him confused as Sora gestured to Notre Dame. She look up to see the Keyhole, she smiled as Clopin exclaimed, "Three cheers for Sora, Roue, and Quasimodo!"

The crowd breaks into loud cheering. Clopin sang, "Ssssssooooo...here is a riddle to guess if you can... Sing the bells of Notre Dame! What makes a monster and what makes a man?!" Everybody began to sing, "Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells...

"Whatever their pitch, you can feel them bewitch you the rich and the ritual knells!" Clopin sang as Sora pointed his Keyblade at the Keyhole and a beam of light fire and locked it, as everyone, including them, sang, "Of the BELLS OF NOTRE DAME!" As Sora and Rogue were teleported back to Bayville, birds covered Laverne. They heard her complain, "Don't you ever migrate?!"

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Rogue and Sora arrived to earth just before the school bells rang. Rogue and Sora pulled out there notes. Sora stated, "Well, guess we have our story." Rogue wondered, "Of coarse, we'll have to edit us and the Unversed out from the story?" Sora nodded, "That's true. I think we should call it, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. After Quasi."

"Sounds like a good of a title as any." Rogue nodded. They saw students head for the next class. Sora smiled, "We'll start the rough daft tomorrow. We should probably head for our next class before we get in trouble." Rogue nodded as they went off to do so. Rogue spoke up, "Hey, Sora?"

"Yeah?"

"Next time, you decide to drag me to a different world, ask first." Rogue replied. Sora laughed, "Deal."

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The next week, Sora and Rogue finished their Rough Draft. The teacher called up Sora and Rogue to the front of the class. He said, "Your story's incredible. This seems like something like Victor Hugo would write if not for the happy ending. Where did you get your idea for this?" Rogue and Sora smirk, it was their little secret.

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And that concludes today's chapter. In this reality, Victor Hugo never wrote that book but I thought it would be great to give him at least a mention. Just to be clear I don't own the Hunchback of Notre Dame and neither does Sora and Rogue. It belongs to Victor Hugo while Disney owns the songs we all know and love. Anyways, have you seen the musical version on Broadway. It was incredible, sad though since it also follows the book were Esmeralda dies. You should go see it. It's posted somewhere on YouTube. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Be sure to leave a review. If not leave a follow and fav. See you next time...

Oh... and here's a preview of what's to come...

Storm's discovers that her nephew, Evan Daniels, is a mutant and he's been framed by the mutant known as Quicksilver for a crime he didn't commit. The X-Men free him from prison to join the X-Men to clear his name but when casing after the real thief, Sora learns Quicksilver holds a part of his past with him. Will Sora get the answers he seeks and clear Evans name? Find out next time!